Turn down swap file? 1

[maudman]

With a gig of 2700 DDR has anyone tried turning the swap file down to maybe 20 meg or turning it off all together? Would the system (XP Pro) go slow as hell or be forced to use the memory?

Maudman

 

[bcastner]

You can make it smaller, but do not eliminate it altogether. Danial Petri has written a just wonderful summary of virtual memory, how to set the location and size, freeware tools to monitor virtual memory, and optomization techniques: Recommended:

http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm

 

[maudman]

Good article but I'm not sure how well that old rule holds up about 150% of your memory.

Maudman

 

[Jontmke]

I wondered that myself. I have been using a fixed size of 400 meg and most of the time it never uses any of it. With 512MB ram why would I need 768 of swap file?

Jon

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. (Bertrand Russell)

 

[bcastner]

The article explains how to use the performance monitor to adjust assigned swap size.

 

[maudman]

I keep a 500 meg static swap file with 512 RAM and have never had a problem. I may experiment when I get the other 512, I'll post results here.